SUBURBAN REPORT.

Lucent, Kane get awards

April 29, 2001|By Lynn Van Matre.

NAPERVILLE — The Conservation Foundation has named Lucent Technologies, Lisle/Naperville Campus, and Kane County the recipients of the 2001 Brooks McCormick Environmental Awards. The awards are presented annually to businesses, organizations or agencies that have made significant contributions to improving environmental conditions in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties.

Lucent was praised for its Lisle/Naperville Campus recycling program; its natural areas restoration projects on the campus grounds; and an ongoing program that awards grants to local schools for the creation of prairie landscapes.

Kane County was honored for its 2020 Land Resource Management Plan, which was adopted in 1996 by the Kane County Board; its Rustic Roads Program, designed to preserve the county's rural ambience; and its efforts in implementing conservation easement and farmland protection programs.

The awards, named in honor of longtime DuPage County conservationist Brooks McCormick, will be presented at the Conservation Foundation's Earth Day benefit dinner Monday at the Radisson Lisle/Naperville in Lisle.